Political Tar pit
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by Sweet Drinker
So the eIrish roleplayCP elections are nearly upon us
(yes we are mechanically a dictatorship, therefore the government system we're using is roleplay)
and we seem to have two candidates.
Now I do not wish to criticize either of these candidates. Nobody else wants that foul job atm, these 2 deserve thanks and respect for offering to take it on.
But I'd like to combine their campaign articles along with some recent congress activity stats to highlight a situation.
I'm a member of Congress thread A this term and in the 7days its been open, other than some obvious rubberstamp MPPs, a few "happy new years" and a brief "where Sweet is hitting" conversation, the only thing our 1/2 of the roleplayCongress has discussed is the management procedures of our roleplayGovernment.
We've gotten no word of important discussions from thread B. Presumably because there is none there either.
In short; in Congress your government has done nothing but talk about itself for the 1st 1/4 its been in session.
Now for the CP election articles:
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2574649/1/20
Should you elect Elite C to a second term, he promises to make the redrafting of our roleplayGovernment procedures our main priority.
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/2574812/1/20
Choose Cat Boyd this election and alongside an increase in player created minigames, he promises to make the ressurrection of an abandoned wing of roleplayGovernment our primary objective.
So either way, we should expect a government more focused on facilitating its own roleplay than improving the prosperity of its citizens.
Hey, marks to the current administration for organising the Canada TW. Its the right move to make, but it doesn't really constitute an idea. Providing citizens battle opportunities is just part of the job nowadays.
Remember when we used to talk about real ideas? Ways of impacting the actual mechanics of erepublik? Making our citizens wealthier and stronger? Ways of overcoming problems and adversaries not of our own making?
Years ago flexibility & innovative ideas were all that kept eIreland on the map.
Now we have no flexibility, and all innovation seems to be devoted to formalizing that rigidity.
In the end it will not be my place or yours to judge how well government has spent their time.
It is for our future foes to decide if eIreland's roleplayGovernment is valid in the real game of Erepublik.
Sw33t o7
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actually we do discuss a lot of stuff in cabinet and whether there was a dictator or not it would still be a roleplay government in a mmorpg game. or massively multiplayer online role playing game. there is some initiatives for players i do not really like to share else it will be spammed to death but there is initiatives for young players.
http://i.imgur.com/NtY7blU.png wow did not even realize how busy we are. to qualm your concerns in a manner of speaking. ok run off now nothing to see tra la la.
I can't/didn't speak for what the cabinet is doing. And like I said, the current TW is sign of solid decision making.
But I can say there's nothin doin in congress group A but out-game policy.
And both candidates' platforms highlight only out-game policy changes.
There is little talk anywhere that is actually about Erepublik at all..
each congress thread had 70 comments but congress elections was a week or so ago. constitution would be reviewed so no need to amend it bit by bit.. most other stuff was one the meta level such as the TW which was taken to congress. i think most is working on our current taxes wo wouldnt want it changed. and as well most of the proposals should come from congress. congress was always just involved with mpp and taxes and citizen approvals. i will perhaps look at improving activity among them in other ways.
She*
And I guess it depends on how you view eRepublik. To me it is more of a social game, something to meet people over and share ideas and have fun - but I guess this may be because I am so young and other players so much stronger that pursuing military goals seems like a huge waste of time and I refuse to spend RL money on this game. I would like to see eIreland become more like a cultural hub and assert itself internationally.
a social game where the ability to subjugate entire cultures not only exists, its legal.
eIreland would command international respect if we enriched our community and promoted an internationalist outlook via social gaming rather than simply focusing on military gaming.
Are you saying you intend to use a social gaming outlook as the principal means of defending the enation?
No, I just think we should encourage players to pursue both paths to defend the e-nation. Currently we only seem to encourage the military path. The benefits of the social gaming path is that its essentially what keeps players coming back, creates bonds between players, and offers a more enriching experience rather than the mindless pushing of buttons in the war game. We need to stress community development, I am not saying downgrade the military, just saying we can do both.
eIreland used to be a great place.
And then WHS joined.
lol
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you're right to blame dictatorship system sweet : Cp means nothing, no real debate on laws, lost of 40*5 gold per month...
who put dictatorship in ireland?
DC and CrOmega who else to protect us
i was aware of this 😉 was ironic
Why don't you remove it now?
You are a Congress member Banshee. That means if you truly believe the dictatorship is a bad system, the onus is on you to both start the proposal to remove it and accept responsibility for the result if your proposal passes.
it's a bad system, but it's the whole game mechanic of dictatorship which is bad...
it's a loser/loser system now
well, you innovate excuses quick enough anyway.